Malcolm Richard Barnebey 1927-2023
On Sunday, March 19, U.S. Ambassador (retired) Malcolm Richard Barnebey died. He'd been in gradually declining health over a few years, but had a sudden catastrophic fall in the week before he died. His death was quiet and quick. His three sons and other loved ones were with him during his last week.
A longtime resident of Plano, Texas, Barnebey had a distinguished career in the U.S Foreign Service from 1952 to 1986. Perhaps the high points of his years as a career diplomat were his tenure as, first, the last consul general to the British colony of Belize, and, second, service as the first U.S. Ambassador to that country when Belize was granted independence.
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he had a bit of a charmed life in his elementary school years since his father owned and operated an ice cream factory. In 1941 the family moved to Waxahachie, Texas. Barnebey completed high school there and joined the US Army in the year before the end of World War Two.
Fresh out of high school, the Army assigned him to guard the atomic bomb and he became an expert sharpshooter and rose to the rank of sergeant very quickly.
Upon release from military service, Barnebey used his GI Bill benefits to finance a B.A. and an M.A. at North Texas State University where he graduated with honors. There, Barnebey served as the very first president of the North Texas student government. He met and married his economics classmate June Mandeville there as well.
From there Barnebey joined the faculty of Weatherford Junior College before being accepted into the U.S. Department of State.
Dick and June's first foreign post was Vienna, Austria, where their eldest son Malcolm Edward was born. From there, the couple moved to La Paz, Bolivia, followed by a year of training at UC Berkeley. On their way to their next posting in Washington, D.C., June stopped off at her mother's home in Dallas, Texas, for the birth of their second son Wright Andrew.
The next post was as vice consul in Guayaquil, Ecuador, where third son Avery Arthur completed their brood.
From 1967 onward, Barnebey had three postings as deputy chief of mission, serving in Nicaragua, Bolivia, and Peru. He also had assignments as Director of Policy Planning and Director of Andean Affairs. He signed the agreement ending longstanding US claims to a Nicaraguan interoceanic canal in 1970. He was part of the crisis management team that monitored and negotiated the end of the Nicaraguan civil war in the later 1970s.
Upon his retirement, he and June first moved to Houston, where Dick did some consulting work and taught at the University of Houston. Around 1990, the couple moved to Plano to the Deerfield neighborhood. During his retirement years in Plano, he did a number of things. He worked as an election monitor in some eastern European elections. He was active with the Deerfield Homeowners Association. Barnebey was a regular Collin County election worker. He was especially active as a Silver Life Master bridge player.
Preceding him in death were his parents Walker Harold and Eva Maree Bedford Barnebey of San Antonio; his mother-in-law Clytee Pounds Mandeville of Dallas; his brothers Walker Junior and Lauren Robert, both of San Antonio; his daughter-in-law Sandra Long of Rocksprings; and his wife of nearly 75 years, June Mandeville of Dallas.
Malcolm R. Barnebey is survived by his sister Mary Alice Bond of San Antonio; his sister-in-law Carolyn Stanley of Sherman, Texas; his son Malcolm Edward of Dallas and his wife Becky; his son Wright Andrew of Rocksprings, Texas; his son Avery Arthur of Redondo Beach, California and his wife Cathy; his grandson Matthew Skelton of Dallas; his granddaughter Emma Claire of Rocksprings; and many nieces and nephews and their children and grandchildren.
Barnebey, to continue to be useful to society even in death, has donated his body to science. Memorials he would appreciate would be donations to the June Barnebey Scholarship Fund run by the Plano chapter of the AAUW, the University of North Texas, UNICEF, or any of the charities helping the Ukrainian people in their very significant struggle against Vladimir Putin.
On Sunday, March 19, U.S. Ambassador (retired) Malcolm Richard Barnebey died. He'd been in gradually declining health over a few years, but had a sudden catastrophic fall in the week before he died. His death was quiet and quick. His three sons and other loved ones were with him during his last week.
A longtime resident of Plano, Texas, Barnebey had a distinguished career in the U.S Foreign Service from 1952 to 1986. Perhaps the high points of his years as a career diplomat were his tenure as, first, the last consul general to the British colony of Belize, and, second, service as the first U.S. Ambassador to that country when Belize was granted independence.
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he had a bit of a charmed life in his elementary school years since his father owned and operated an ice cream factory. In 1941 the family moved to Waxahachie, Texas. Barnebey completed high school there and joined the US Army in the year before the end of World War Two.
Fresh out of high school, the Army assigned him to guard the atomic bomb and he became an expert sharpshooter and rose to the rank of sergeant very quickly.
Upon release from military service, Barnebey used his GI Bill benefits to finance a B.A. and an M.A. at North Texas State University where he graduated with honors. There, Barnebey served as the very first president of the North Texas student government. He met and married his economics classmate June Mandeville there as well.
From there Barnebey joined the faculty of Weatherford Junior College before being accepted into the U.S. Department of State.
Dick and June's first foreign post was Vienna, Austria, where their eldest son Malcolm Edward was born. From there, the couple moved to La Paz, Bolivia, followed by a year of training at UC Berkeley. On their way to their next posting in Washington, D.C., June stopped off at her mother's home in Dallas, Texas, for the birth of their second son Wright Andrew.
The next post was as vice consul in Guayaquil, Ecuador, where third son Avery Arthur completed their brood.
From 1967 onward, Barnebey had three postings as deputy chief of mission, serving in Nicaragua, Bolivia, and Peru. He also had assignments as Director of Policy Planning and Director of Andean Affairs. He signed the agreement ending longstanding US claims to a Nicaraguan interoceanic canal in 1970. He was part of the crisis management team that monitored and negotiated the end of the Nicaraguan civil war in the later 1970s.
Upon his retirement, he and June first moved to Houston, where Dick did some consulting work and taught at the University of Houston. Around 1990, the couple moved to Plano to the Deerfield neighborhood. During his retirement years in Plano, he did a number of things. He worked as an election monitor in some eastern European elections. He was active with the Deerfield Homeowners Association. Barnebey was a regular Collin County election worker. He was especially active as a Silver Life Master bridge player.
Preceding him in death were his parents Walker Harold and Eva Maree Bedford Barnebey of San Antonio; his mother-in-law Clytee Pounds Mandeville of Dallas; his brothers Walker Junior and Lauren Robert, both of San Antonio; his daughter-in-law Sandra Long of Rocksprings; and his wife of nearly 75 years, June Mandeville of Dallas.
Malcolm R. Barnebey is survived by his sister Mary Alice Bond of San Antonio; his sister-in-law Carolyn Stanley of Sherman, Texas; his son Malcolm Edward of Dallas and his wife Becky; his son Wright Andrew of Rocksprings, Texas; his son Avery Arthur of Redondo Beach, California and his wife Cathy; his grandson Matthew Skelton of Dallas; his granddaughter Emma Claire of Rocksprings; and many nieces and nephews and their children and grandchildren.
Barnebey, to continue to be useful to society even in death, has donated his body to science. Memorials he would appreciate would be donations to the June Barnebey Scholarship Fund run by the Plano chapter of the AAUW, the University of North Texas, UNICEF, or any of the charities helping the Ukrainian people in their very significant struggle against Vladimir Putin.
Malcolm Richard Barnebey 1927-2023
On Sunday, March 19, U.S. Ambassador (retired) Malcolm Richard Barnebey died. He'd been in gradually declining health over a few years, but had a sudden catastrophic fall in the week before he died. His death was quiet and quick. His three sons and other loved ones were with him during his last week.
A longtime resident of Plano, Texas, Barnebey had a distinguished career in the U.S Foreign Service from 1952 to 1986. Perhaps the high points of his years as a career diplomat were his tenure as, first, the last consul general to the British colony of Belize, and, second, service as the first U.S. Ambassador to that country when Belize was granted independence.
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he had a bit of a charmed life in his elementary school years since his father owned and operated an ice cream factory. In 1941 the family moved to Waxahachie, Texas. Barnebey completed high school there and joined the US Army in the year before the end of World War Two.
Fresh out of high school, the Army assigned him to guard the atomic bomb and he became an expert sharpshooter and rose to the rank of sergeant very quickly.
Upon release from military service, Barnebey used his GI Bill benefits to finance a B.A. and an M.A. at North Texas State University where he graduated with honors. There, Barnebey served as the very first president of the North Texas student government. He met and married his economics classmate June Mandeville there as well.
From there Barnebey joined the faculty of Weatherford Junior College before being accepted into the U.S. Department of State.
Dick and June's first foreign post was Vienna, Austria, where their eldest son Malcolm Edward was born. From there, the couple moved to La Paz, Bolivia, followed by a year of training at UC Berkeley. On their way to their next posting in Washington, D.C., June stopped off at her mother's home in Dallas, Texas, for the birth of their second son Wright Andrew.
The next post was as vice consul in Guayaquil, Ecuador, where third son Avery Arthur completed their brood.
From 1967 onward, Barnebey had three postings as deputy chief of mission, serving in Nicaragua, Bolivia, and Peru. He also had assignments as Director of Policy Planning and Director of Andean Affairs. He signed the agreement ending longstanding US claims to a Nicaraguan interoceanic canal in 1970. He was part of the crisis management team that monitored and negotiated the end of the Nicaraguan civil war in the later 1970s.
Upon his retirement, he and June first moved to Houston, where Dick did some consulting work and taught at the University of Houston. Around 1990, the couple moved to Plano to the Deerfield neighborhood. During his retirement years in Plano, he did a number of things. He worked as an election monitor in some eastern European elections. He was active with the Deerfield Homeowners Association. Barnebey was a regular Collin County election worker. He was especially active as a Silver Life Master bridge player.
Preceding him in death were his parents Walker Harold and Eva Maree Bedford Barnebey of San Antonio; his mother-in-law Clytee Pounds Mandeville of Dallas; his brothers Walker Junior and Lauren Robert, both of San Antonio; his daughter-in-law Sandra Long of Rocksprings; and his wife of nearly 75 years, June Mandeville of Dallas.
Malcolm R. Barnebey is survived by his sister Mary Alice Bond of San Antonio; his sister-in-law Carolyn Stanley of Sherman, Texas; his son Malcolm Edward of Dallas and his wife Becky; his son Wright Andrew of Rocksprings, Texas; his son Avery Arthur of Redondo Beach, California and his wife Cathy; his grandson Matthew Skelton of Dallas; his granddaughter Emma Claire of Rocksprings; and many nieces and nephews and their children and grandchildren.
Barnebey, to continue to be useful to society even in death, has donated his body to science. Memorials he would appreciate would be donations to the June Barnebey Scholarship Fund run by the Plano chapter of the AAUW, the University of North Texas, UNICEF, or any of the charities helping the Ukrainian people in their very significant struggle against Vladimir Putin.
On Sunday, March 19, U.S. Ambassador (retired) Malcolm Richard Barnebey died. He'd been in gradually declining health over a few years, but had a sudden catastrophic fall in the week before he died. His death was quiet and quick. His three sons and other loved ones were with him during his last week.
A longtime resident of Plano, Texas, Barnebey had a distinguished career in the U.S Foreign Service from 1952 to 1986. Perhaps the high points of his years as a career diplomat were his tenure as, first, the last consul general to the British colony of Belize, and, second, service as the first U.S. Ambassador to that country when Belize was granted independence.
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he had a bit of a charmed life in his elementary school years since his father owned and operated an ice cream factory. In 1941 the family moved to Waxahachie, Texas. Barnebey completed high school there and joined the US Army in the year before the end of World War Two.
Fresh out of high school, the Army assigned him to guard the atomic bomb and he became an expert sharpshooter and rose to the rank of sergeant very quickly.
Upon release from military service, Barnebey used his GI Bill benefits to finance a B.A. and an M.A. at North Texas State University where he graduated with honors. There, Barnebey served as the very first president of the North Texas student government. He met and married his economics classmate June Mandeville there as well.
From there Barnebey joined the faculty of Weatherford Junior College before being accepted into the U.S. Department of State.
Dick and June's first foreign post was Vienna, Austria, where their eldest son Malcolm Edward was born. From there, the couple moved to La Paz, Bolivia, followed by a year of training at UC Berkeley. On their way to their next posting in Washington, D.C., June stopped off at her mother's home in Dallas, Texas, for the birth of their second son Wright Andrew.
The next post was as vice consul in Guayaquil, Ecuador, where third son Avery Arthur completed their brood.
From 1967 onward, Barnebey had three postings as deputy chief of mission, serving in Nicaragua, Bolivia, and Peru. He also had assignments as Director of Policy Planning and Director of Andean Affairs. He signed the agreement ending longstanding US claims to a Nicaraguan interoceanic canal in 1970. He was part of the crisis management team that monitored and negotiated the end of the Nicaraguan civil war in the later 1970s.
Upon his retirement, he and June first moved to Houston, where Dick did some consulting work and taught at the University of Houston. Around 1990, the couple moved to Plano to the Deerfield neighborhood. During his retirement years in Plano, he did a number of things. He worked as an election monitor in some eastern European elections. He was active with the Deerfield Homeowners Association. Barnebey was a regular Collin County election worker. He was especially active as a Silver Life Master bridge player.
Preceding him in death were his parents Walker Harold and Eva Maree Bedford Barnebey of San Antonio; his mother-in-law Clytee Pounds Mandeville of Dallas; his brothers Walker Junior and Lauren Robert, both of San Antonio; his daughter-in-law Sandra Long of Rocksprings; and his wife of nearly 75 years, June Mandeville of Dallas.
Malcolm R. Barnebey is survived by his sister Mary Alice Bond of San Antonio; his sister-in-law Carolyn Stanley of Sherman, Texas; his son Malcolm Edward of Dallas and his wife Becky; his son Wright Andrew of Rocksprings, Texas; his son Avery Arthur of Redondo Beach, California and his wife Cathy; his grandson Matthew Skelton of Dallas; his granddaughter Emma Claire of Rocksprings; and many nieces and nephews and their children and grandchildren.
Barnebey, to continue to be useful to society even in death, has donated his body to science. Memorials he would appreciate would be donations to the June Barnebey Scholarship Fund run by the Plano chapter of the AAUW, the University of North Texas, UNICEF, or any of the charities helping the Ukrainian people in their very significant struggle against Vladimir Putin.
Family Members
Advertisement
Advertisement
